http://desicritics.org/ Superior South Asian bloggers on Culture, Media, Politics, Sport, Business, and Technology. en Copyright 2006 by the authors Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:17:37 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss BC custom software http://desicritics.org/2006/04/30/000918.php#comment-16753 Tel&#233;fono 16753@desicritics.org Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:17:37 EDT http://desicritics.org/2006/04/30/000918.php#comment-9813 CNN is reporting today that, after Powell remarked in an interview to a British channel that he was in favor of more troops in Iraq, Condi Rice defended the Bush administration's Iraq war planning on Sunday talk shows. <i>Rice also said she did not "remember specifically" what instance Powell was referring to on his recommending to President Bush that more troops be sent. </i> This is the exact same glibness that I referred to in my review - the fog of talking heads. From page 71 of the book - Bush, Rice and Powell meet over a long dinner on August 5th, 02 where Powell tells Bush that he had been receiving briefings about the war plan, but had not heard enough on what the aftermath might look like. When the US took out the Iraqi military it would be striking a blow at the institution that held the country together When the army cracked, the Iraqi government structure would crack and Bush would be the proud owner of 24 million people. <i>This entire prognosis by Powell strikes at the very heart of the argument that hindsight is always 20-20. With the accuracy of an Oracle, Powell predicted the exact things that occurred later but in the fog of war and ideology, he might as well have been talking to himself.</i> (italicized comments mine) 9813@desicritics.org Mon, 1 May 2006 00:04:55 EDT http://desicritics.org/2006/04/30/000918.php#comment-9776 Thanks Aaman and Sujatha. 9776@desicritics.org Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:17:48 EDT http://desicritics.org/2006/04/30/000918.php#comment-9748 Very good review Vikas. Thanks. 9748@desicritics.org Sun, 30 Apr 2006 02:56:37 EDT http://desicritics.org/2006/04/30/000918.php#comment-9736 A very fine review of an important chronicle of our times 9736@desicritics.org Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:28:22 EDT